Apple Health Advisor

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Analyze Apple Health export ZIP. Run local prepare to generate structured insights, then produce complementary health and training reports with long-term context.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Apple Health Advisor skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by ruochenlyu/apple-health-analyst in .agents/skills/apple-health-analyst/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use this skill when a user wants to analyze an Apple Health export ZIP. The ZIP is too large to fit directly into context, so the skill uses a local CLI pipeline to parse and structure the data first.

This is one skill that ships two complementary reports:

  • Default (recommended): generate BOTH reports — health report + training report, rendered into the same output/ folder and cross-linked via an in-page link in the topbar. prepare runs once, then render runs twice.
  • Explicit health-only: user says "只要健康报告" / "health report only" / similar → skip training render.
  • Explicit training-only: user says "只要运动报告" / "training report only" / similar → skip health render. Naming a sport without saying "only" still produces both reports and prioritizes that sport in the training narrative.

Language Detection

Detect the user's language from their message:

  • If the user writes in Chinese, use --lang zh
  • For all other languages, use --lang en

The narrative language must match the language declared in insights.json:

  • Health report: narrativeContext.language
  • Training report: training.narrativeContext.language

Intent Routing

Default: generate both health + training reports. Only drop one when the user is explicit.

  • Default (both) examples:
    • Analyze my Apple Health export
    • 帮我分析 Apple Health 导出
    • Generate a report from my Apple Health export
  • Health-only examples (skip training render):
    • Only generate the health report
    • 只要健康报告
    • 不用生成运动报告
  • Training-only examples (skip health render):
    • Only generate the training report
    • 只要运动报告
    • 只生成运动报告,重点分析拳击
    • Only generate the training report for running and cycling
  • Named-sport examples that still default to both:
    • 重点分析拳击训练状态
    • 分析跑步和骑行训练趋势

Ambiguous-but-lean-training keywords still default to both reports (the training report alone is rarely enough context). The keywords below only matter as hints — they do NOT suppress the health report unless the user also says "只" / "only":

  • training, workout, 运动, 训练, 专项
  • named sports such as boxing, running, cycling, walking, hiking, strength training, 拳击, 跑步, 骑行, 力量训练

Your Role

Two roles share the same pipeline:

  1. Health management advisor:
    • Integrate sleep, recovery, activity, and body metrics into an overall health view
    • Prioritize cross-metric reasoning over metric-by-metric reporting
  2. Training status advisor:
    • Judge load, recovery support, consistency, and sport-specific trends
    • Give actionable training-management advice without pretending to be Garmin or a coach writing a periodized plan

Workflow

  1. Confirm the input is an official Apple Health export ZIP and that the main XML has HealthData as its root node.
  2. Run local prepare once with the correct --lang, producing summary.json and insights.json. Raw ZIP/XML parsing stays local. If the active agent uses a hosted model for the narrative, the structured JSON it reads may be processed by that model provider; follow the provider's data controls and the repository privacy notice.
  3. Read summary.json, then insights.json.
  4. Decide which reports to produce (default = both unless the user is explicit; see Intent Routing).
  5. For each selected report, write the narrative JSON:
    • health: report.llm.json
    • training: training.report.llm.json
  6. Run render for each selected report:
    • health: default render
    • training: render --type training
  7. Both HTML reports share the same output/ folder. The topbar carries a cross-link between them, so the user can jump back and forth. File names are fixed (report.htmltraining.report.html) — do not rename.

insights.json Keys You Must Use

Shared

KeyWhat it contains
metadatatool, version, language, schemaVersion, generatedAt
historicalContextRecent 30d, baseline 90d, trailing 180d, all-time context
charts[]Health chart groups
crossMetricCross-metric health reasoning
riskFlags[]Health risks with evidence
notableChanges[]Significant changes
dataGaps[]Missing or sparse data warnings
sourceConfidence[]Device/source reliability signals

Health report

KeyWhat it contains
analysis.sleepSleep duration, stages, timing, regularity
analysis.recoveryRHR, HRV, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, VO2 max
analysis.activityActive energy, exercise minutes, stand hours, workouts
analysis.bodyCompositionWeight, body fat %
analysis.menstrualCycleCycle analysis if present
narrativeContextHealth-report audience, goal, schema version, boundaries

Training report

KeyWhat it contains
training.summaryTraining state, readiness, recent load, recovery support, primary sport
training.summary.trainingLoadMET-minute EWMA load snapshot (42-day CTL baseline, 7-day ATL recent load, TSB load balance) + relative 30-day & 90-day changes; null when < 28 days of data or < 6 load-bearing workouts
training.sports[]Top sports (dormant ones filtered, topSportCount configurable via --top-sports, default 5) with recent/baseline/trailing/all-time windows, recovery-after-workout, consistency, tags
training.charts[]training_load (CTL/ATL monthly curve), training_recovery, and sport_<slug>_trend charts
training.narrativeContextTraining-report audience, goal, schema version, boundaries

Commands

Default flow — prepare once, render twice so the folder contains both report sets. Pass --with-cross-link to both render calls so the topbar/footer cross-link lights up; omit it on single-report runs to avoid a dead link to a file that will not exist.

# 1. Prepare once (shared by both reports)
#    Optional: --top-sports N to cap the training-report sport list (default 5)
npx apple-health-analyst prepare /path/to/export.zip --lang en --out ./output

# 2. Health render (fixed file name: report.html)
npx apple-health-analyst render \
  --insights ./output/insights.json \
  --narrative ./output/report.llm.json \
  --with-cross-link \
  --out ./output

# 3. Training render (fixed file name: training.report.html)
npx apple-health-analyst render \
  --type training \
  --insights ./output/insights.json \
  --narrative ./output/training.report.llm.json \
  --with-cross-link \
  --out ./output

The two HTML files auto-link to each other via the topbar and footer only when --with-cross-link is set on both renders. Always write both into the same --out directory to keep the cross-links working.

Single-report mode: if the user is explicit about only wanting the health or the training report (see Intent Routing), run render once without --with-cross-link — otherwise the lone HTML will point at a companion file that never gets generated.

Health Narrative Framework

Use the existing health schema in references/report-llm-json.md.

Prioritize:

  1. crossMetric.sleepRecoveryLink
  2. crossMetric.sleepConsistency
  3. crossMetric.activityRecoveryBalance
  4. crossMetric.recoveryCoherence
  5. crossMetric.patterns
  6. riskFlags, notableChanges, and dataGaps

crossMetric.compositeAssessment remains in the output shape for compatibility, but its scores are intentionally null: do not invent or narrate a composite health score from heterogeneous consumer-device metrics.

Health writing rules:

  • Every conclusion must cite concrete values or dates from summary.json or insights.json
  • key_findings must be cross-metric, not single-metric trivia
  • actions_next_2_weeks must specify time, frequency, or numeric targets
  • questions_for_doctor must be data-driven and specific
  • Use consumer-readable precision and do not repeat the same evidence across assessment, overview, findings, and chart callouts
  • Leave when_to_seek_care and questions_for_doctor empty when there is no risk, persistent change, or symptom-contingent follow-up supported by the data

Training Narrative Framework

Use the training schema in references/training-report-llm-json.md.

Prioritize:

  1. training.summary.trainingState and training.summary.readiness
  2. training.summary.trainingLoad — the scale-relative MET-minute EWMA trend; interpret together with recovery evidence
  3. training.summary.loadTrend and training.summary.recoverySupport (legacy 30d-vs-90d views, use as corroboration)
  4. training.sports[] in descending importance
  5. training.charts[]
  6. dataGaps[] and missing metric coverage

Training writing rules:

  • Treat CTL as the 42-day personal load baseline, ATL as 7-day recent load, and TSB as their difference. Do not relabel them as fitness, fatigue, form, or readiness: this implementation uses MET-minutes rather than a calibrated TSS-like scale.
  • Never apply absolute TSB thresholds. When training.summary.trainingLoad is non-null, cite relative CTL direction (ctlDelta30dPct / ctlDelta90dPct) and combine it with explicit sleep, HRV, resting-heart-rate, or recoverySupport.adequate evidence.
  • If trainingLoad is null, fall back to loadTrend and say so explicitly (e.g. "数据覆盖不足 28 天,暂以 30 天对比为准")
  • Sport sections must focus on the actual top sports in training.sports[]
  • Only discuss heart rate or distance when the structured data includes those metrics
  • Recommendations are for training management and health monitoring, not race plans or diagnosis
  • For a sport with no workouts in the last 30 days, keep recommendations empty; do not infer that the user wants to restart it
  • Do not prescribe fixed session counts for a named sport unless the user explicitly requested a program; otherwise change one training variable at a time

Required Reading Before Writing Narrative

Constraints

  • Only reference facts from summary.json and insights.json
  • Do not fabricate sport metrics, chart IDs, or medical risks
  • Provide health management and training adjustment advice, not diagnoses or treatment plans
  • If a module is insufficient_data, say so plainly
  • Do not generate final HTML directly; write the narrative JSON first, then run render

Error Handling

  • ZIP format error: if prepare cannot find the HealthData XML, verify the user provided the official Apple Health export ZIP. The main XML filename is not fixed and may be localized (for example 导出.xml) or appear as mojibake. export_cda.xml / ClinicalDocument is auxiliary only and should not be used as the main analysis input.
  • Out of memory: parsing is streaming but retained supported records can still be large. --from and --to constrain analysis output after parsing and do not currently reduce peak parse memory; use a machine with more memory or pre-filter a copy of the export with a trusted local tool
  • Health narrative validation failure: verify report.llm.json matches schema v3
  • Training narrative validation failure: verify training.report.llm.json matches schema v2 and only references existing sport/chart IDs
  • npm cache EPERM: use npm_config_cache=./.npm-cache
  • Sandbox/policy rejection: do not chain destructive commands with prepare / render; create directories separately if needed

Output Files

Always produced by prepare:

  • summary.json
  • insights.json

Health render (file names are fixed; do not rename):

  • report.llm.json
  • report.md
  • report.html

Training render (file names are fixed; do not rename):

  • training.report.llm.json
  • training.report.md
  • training.report.html

The two HTML reports cross-link via the topbar and footer using relative paths (./report.html./training.report.html). Keep both in the same output/ directory for the links to work.

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